Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-09
4 DARING ESGAPADB.
4 Bold Manner in Which Ed McDon-
aid, the Partner in Guilt of Nc
GarigIe, ATTEMPTED to Escape.
4 Woman furnishes Him with Rope
Ike G0is on The Roof ard Lets Him.
sell Down INTO lie Jail YARD.
re Passes Through the Hsus and "a In
sight of the G. srrlsgs IN Waiting
when lie IL Discovered.
a BREAK FOR HEERIr .

CHICAGO, Ill, Sept. For 8 good
many days bacz mysterious whispering
mas been hoating around the stone walIs
Of t1e county jail concerning al affair, the
knowledge Of which until now has been
confined to very few individuals. Id
Mcdonald, .he partner Of McGarigIe in
tOodLerism, and who was sentenced along
with him, made d&riDg oreak for his
liberty about two weeks $50. which, hsd
It proved successful, would have more
than riyalled in its sensational features
the celebrated episode Of the bath tub
and the hight to Canada. Dae evening
about two weeks ego 3 friend OF the
prisoner, woman, was admitted 70 see
nim This woman had
LONG CORD OF RorE
contested, which she left IN possession of
Mcdonald, The apartment where he is
IS on the third door. Mcdonald climbed
10 the root lie then fastened one end OF
the rope to some projection on the roof
aGd let the other end down once land
ed IN the yard he pursued his way stealth
! lily till be reached the stairs where visit
ors pass down into the jail. As he came
/ up TO the turn of the stairway ne ran
against
ONE OF THE GUARDS,
1ut tde latter, auppOsing him to be j
visitor, passed on and did not challenge
him. Half way between the stairs and
the entrance is smother hall leading TO
another entrance. Through this hall Nc
DOn8ld WAS proceeding with the street
entrance in view, and liberty all but in
MS grasp, when he was confronted by
three men. Toese were lawyer,
detective and deputy sheriff. This was
8 critical moment for Mcdonald Had
ne quietly passed sIOng, the probability
Is no notice would have been taken OF
i'm, out he drew back into the shadow
moment. That excited the suspicion Of
the detective, who seized MIN by the
erm and drew MIN forward into the
light. Mcdonald, in desperation, struck
tle detective powerful blow on the
head with MS ti5f, which sent the latter
roeling 70 the floor, and then made g
oreak for the door. a. this moment the
deputy sheriff
RECOGNIZED THE PRISONER,
, and with the help Of others succeeded IN
overpoWeTing him. An alarm was gwen
End the would be fugitive was secured
= but not until he lsd uttered g shrili
whistle which could be heSId & long ways,
and winch was evidently q preconCerted
signal, for g carriage wniChswas standing
aear by suddenly dashed down the street
. Mcdonald wes taken back and confined
in common cell, where he could be uu-
der more careful surveillance Since
then he has been sub ected to the full
risor of the discipline OF the Jail
THE STORY DENIED.
TIE statements given above were de
, rived this afternoon from an unusually
! reliable source, nevertheless the story of
, attempted escape wss denounced this
, afternoon by those directly interested as
! without foundation. Jailer Folly says it
is & lie from top to bottom. 1t is denied
| by the jail clerk, by Mcdonald himself
+ and OF the States Attorneys office.
g All claim that the escape SIS
/ detailed would be an impossibiIity. The
. ventiletor through which it Is said Nc
: Donald craw!ed is declared to be of cast
+ iron only eight inches square and barred
with rusty iron CRATES that show no signs
e OF having been recently removed. Nc
Donald Is q man of large girth and weighs
about $50 pounds.